This application relates to a method of manufacturing an electrostatic chuck having good characteristics in heat dissipation, thermal shock resistance, and lightness. In one aspect, the method includes preparing a composite powder by ball-milling (i) aluminum or aluminum alloy powder and (ii) carbon-based nanomaterial powder. The method may also include preparing an electrode layer by sintering the composite powder through spark plasma sintering (SPS), and forming a dielectric layer on the electrode layer.
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2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the carbon-based nanomaterial powder is at least one selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes, graphene, carbon nanofibers, carbon nanoparticles, mesoporous carbon, carbon nanosheets, carbon nanorods, and carbon nanobelts.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in preparing the electrode layer, the powdered composite material undergoes spark plasma sintering under a pressure of 30 MPa to 100 MPa at a temperature of 350° C. to 650° C. for 1 second to 30 minutes to prepare the electrode layer.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein, in forming the dielectric layer, the dielectric layer is made of Al2O3, ZrO3, AlN, or Y2O3 and formed by thermal spraying.
5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the thermal spraying is air plasma spraying (APS), vacuum plasma spraying (VPS), or low pressure plasma spraying (LPPS).
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein a thermal conductivity of the electrode layer is greater than that of a pure aluminum and smaller than 260 W/m-K.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein a tensile strength of the electrode layer is greater than that of a pure aluminum.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the tensile strength of the electrode layer is at least 300% greater than that of the pure aluminum.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein a coefficient of thermal expansion of the electrode layer is smaller than that of a pure aluminum.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the coefficient of thermal expansion of the electrode layer is 17×10−6 K−1.
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